Merry Christmas Brianne! love, Laura

Merry Christmas Sister Brianne Kirkby!  I was so excited to start serving you this year. 

The first way that I served you was in my current calling as a Ward Missionary.  I try to be like you in sharing the love of Christ with those I teach and serve in my ward. 

In March, I got to teach both Junior and Senior Primary about how they can be missionaries right now.  We sang all the great missionary primary songs and I told them about ‘cool beans’ tradition in our family.  I then encouraged them to be missionaries now by serving and loving everyone around them. 

Alyssa joined Lehi Marching Band in August, and I kept thinking I wanted to do something for the Drum Majors since you were the Drum Major your senior year in High School.  I decided to put together a little ‘goodluck package’ for them when they headed out for their final competition the last weekend in October.  Lehi has 4 Drum Majors, so here is a picture with 3 of them early in the morning before they left for St. George.  The band had a great season, only losing one competition, and ended up winning the State 4A Championships that weekend!

Finally, we got to have our own missionaries over for dinner, (which is a real treat since they cover quite a few stakes in our area and our ward only get the ‘chance’ to feed them a few times a year.  We had a good evening with the Elders and were grateful for their testimonies and the Spirit they brought into our home. 

I am learning that being a missionary is hard work!  We are missionaries every time we share the love of our Savior, every time.   It is something that I will continue to work on and hope to get better at.  I love you Brianne, and I’m so grateful for your example to all of us.  Merry Christmas.